Hon'ble Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhu has Inaugurated IP based Video Surveillance System for 17 stations and Central Control room at Madgaon and laid Foundation Stone for ROB at LC-47, Davorlim in a function held at Madgaon today.
Video Surveillance System for 17 stations and Central Control room at Madgaon
IP Based CCTV Surveillance System is provided at 17 stations on Konkan Railway Route. The stations are Kolad (KOL), Mangaon (MNI), Khed (KHED), Chiplun (CHI), Ratnagiri (RN), Kankawali (KKW), Kudal (KUDL), Sindhudurg (SNDD) and Sawantwadi (SWV) in Ratnagiri region ( 9 stations) & Pernem (PERN), Karmali (KRMI), Cancona (CNO), Karwar (KAWR), Gokarna (GOK), Bhatkal (BTJL), Udupi (UD), and Surathkal (SL) in Karwar region ( 8 stations).
12 to 16 nos of Fixed Dome type and Fixed Box type of cameras, with Network Video Recorder (NVR) having a recording facility for 30 days are provided at each station to cover the station entrance, lobby, platforms, ticket booking counters etc. One 21” LED monitor is provided in SM’s room at these stations for monitoring of cleanliness. An additional 21” LED monitor is provided at 9 RPF outposts for security monitoring of these stations.
The CCTV control room at MAO is provided with 19 nos of 42” LED display screens showing cameras at above 17 stations and Existing CCTV systems of Madgaon (MAO) & Thivim (THVM) are also connected with the Control Centre at MAO using a high speed dedicated OFC network. This control centre at Madgaon is manned 24x7 to monitor security and cleanliness and pass on the information to respective RPF and station staff.
ROB at LC-47, Davorlim
Government of Goa and Konkan Railway have agreed to construct 5 Nos. Of Road Over Bridges at various Level Crossings around Madgaon City in South Goa District on 50:50 cost sharing basis.
Level Crossing No.47 situated across Davorlim and Rawanfond Road is one of the busy gate and the road cuts across 4 railway tracks including Madgaon-Balli line of KR , Madgaon-Chandor line of South Westren Railway line and two tracks used for coach maintenance. Due to this road users have to wait for long durations continuously. As a relief to the public, Government of Goa and Konkan Railway have come together to construct the ROB with long spans using Steel and Concrete Composite girders covering all four railway tracks on 50:50 cost sharing basis. The proposed 490m long bridge is being constructed along the existing road and to minimise the area of land acqusition, it is proposed to use the latest technology of “Reinforced earth“ embankment for the approaches. Due to this technology, only 4700 sqm land needs to be acquired along the existing road where there are no structures or buildings. The overall estimated cost of the ROB including the approaches is Rs. 28.24crores.
